ilmenite

(ilmən īt′)

noun

a hard, dark brown or black, rhombohedral mineral, FeTiO, an oxide of iron and titanium

Origin: Ger ilmenit, after the Ilmen Mts. in the southern Urals + -it, -ite

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noun
A lustrous black to brownish titanium ore, essentially FeTiO3.

Origin:

Origin: After the Ilmen Mountains, a range of the southern Ural Mountains

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